Ludgate Family History
Ludgate Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ludgate in London so named from Old English ludgeat ‘back gate postern’ or from Ludgate in Kent. Perhaps sometimes a variant of Liggett ultimately from Old English hlid-geat ‘swing-gate’ which is also the probable source of the Kent placename.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022